WELCOME ABOARD!
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Originally Posted by Jonny K
1. I start a new campaign and realize I need to pick my crew, have no idea how to do that or how it should be balanced, can't find any guides. Add one senior officer and leave it at that.
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First off, get SH3 Commander. No matter whether you play stock SH3 or use one of the supermods, Commander is the lifeline for playing SH3 realistically.
Now, when you choose your crew you will have the option of choosing qualified or unqualified officers and men. The qualified ones cost renown, and are at the top of the list. The unqualified "free" ones are at the bottom. Qualified men placed in the correct compartments will improve the efficiency of those compartments.
With Commander you can add any qualifications you like after the first patrol.
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2. Start a mission, learn I must travel half way around the world. Set course, put time compression on highest setting.
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First, a question: In what year, port and boat type are you starting? Starting in a Type II in 1939 will mean you have an assigned grid that is very close by, in the North Sea. Start in a Type VII and you will be assigned a grid somewhere in the North Atlantic. Start in a Type IX and you do indeed run the risk of being assigned a station "halfway around the world".
Again, SH3 Commander actually lets you choose the grid you will patrol. And, as mentioned, starting in 1941 from a French Atlantic port in a Type VII will put you very close to the action.
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3. Suddenly time compression ends and I'm being shot by a battle ship or something. I'm freaking out in a panic to figure out what's going on, I do an emergency dive, and just as I dive the ship runs over me. My sub leaks, the crew freaks out, and then we all die.
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The game default setting for "Enemy Ship (or plane) Spotted" is 8x, which means they spot you and open fire at before you realize it's happening. It is possible to change that in the game cfg files, but once again Commander makes it easy. Set it for 1x and you will drop to real time the instant the enemy is spotted, which is usually before he spots you.
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This led me to believe that maybe I mis-used the time compression. It would be great if the game could pause when something happens instead of keeping it real time. Anyway, I try another new campaign.
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No, you did nothing wrong. You were just unaware of the game's quirks.
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4. While traveling I suddenly have massive issues with crew fatigue. Everybody's got an exclamation next to them. I try to swap them around to rest, but it doesn't work too well. I don't have enough rest places for my senior crew. I micro manage this stuff like mad.
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Some of us, like me, enjoy dropping out of TC every four hours (two hours if it's stormy) and changing all the crew around. Unless you have that sickness, yet again Commander is your friend. As mentioned before, you can set it for 'No Crew Fatigue' and leave it alone.